Electronic Theses and Dissertations
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Theses/Dissertations from 2023
Social Anxiety and Engagement in Risky Behaviors: Exploring the Role of Emotion Regulation, Carey J. Sevier
Dear God The Light, Suado Abdirahman Sheikhhassan
EarthSciBERT: Pre-trained Language Model for Information Retrieval in Earth Science, Rishabh Shrestha
The Effects of Google Smart Compose on The Process of Open-Ended Writing, Sijan Shrestha
I Say See You Later, Lillian Slaughter
Photophysical Characterization of Small Organic Molecules Via Time-Resolved and Steady-State Spectroscopic Techniques, Cameron Luke Smith
Houses That Try to be Haunted: A Look at Ursuline Convent and the LaLaurie Mansion, Kallye Virginia Smith
Buscando Perdón: Validation and Considerations for A Spanish Translation of The Forgiveness Reconciliation Inventory, Mario David Sobrino
Formulation and Evaluation of Fenofibrate-HPꞵCD Tablets Using the Freeze-Drying Method, Krishna Soni
A Care Ethical Defense of Intergenerational Obligations, Owen Spalding
Assembled Authorship: American Women Writers and the Culture of Commonplacing, Seth Spencer
The Effects of High Intensity Isometric Contractions and Low Intensity Isometric Contractions with and without Blood Flow Restriction on Blood Pressure and Discomfort, Robert William Spitz
The Efficacy of Mental Health Stigma and Discrimination Reduction Initiatives Among BIPOC: A Meta-analysis of Outcome Studies, Janita M. Springfield
Design and Evaluation of Graphene Additives for Asphalt Materials to Improve Load Carrying Capacity and Durability, Oubayda Sras
The Effects of Blood Flow Restriction on The Vasculature and Tolerability During a 2-Week Intervention, Daphney Michelle Stanford
Service-Learning: A Key to Effective Communication for Radiologic Sciences Students, Chelsea Palmer Stephens
The Relationship between Relational Dynamics and Social Justice Identity among Collegiate Student Athletes, Keon Stewart
Support Experiences of Beginning Teachers in an Alternate Route Graduate Program in Mississippi, Elizabeth Young Sweeney
Exploring Messages About College Attendance and Graduation, Erin Talley
Formulation & Evaluation of In-Vitro Mefenamic Acid Oral Disintegrating Tablets Using Solvent Evaporation and HME, Lokesh Mukesh Thawani
On the Tensor Product of Archimedean Riesz Spaces, Page Thorn
Development of a Novel Psychological Screening Tool for Young Children in Educational and Childcare Settings, Diana Tinsley
Medication Use and Adherence in Rheumatoid Arthritis, Jennifer Marie Toth Harris
Exploring Structure-Activity Relationships in Molecular Catalysts for C-H Bond Oxidation and CO2 Reduction, Zane Turner
Leadership Matters: An Assessment of the Mpower Leadership Program at the University Of Mississippi, Ryan Upshaw
Genomic and Metabolomic Investigation into Xenic Cyanobacterial and Algal Cultures from Northern Mississippi, Alexis Dawn Wagner
A Multi-Scale Analysis of The Hartselle Sandstone to Characterize Reservoir Properties and Inform Carbon Sequestration Feasibility, Xiaotian Wang
Determining the Geochemical Variability of Groundwater During Riverbank Filtration, Transfer and Injection in the Mississippi River Valley Alluvial Aquifer in Shellmound, Mississippi, Alexandra Megan Ward
"Since I Laid My Burden Down": A Comparative Analysis of an African American Spiritual, Damein Dameco Wash
The Presence and Prevalence of Underqualified High School Science Teachers in Mississippi, Shelby Ann Watson
Anharmonic Vibrational Frequencies of Large Hydrocarbons, Brent Robertson Westbrook
Distraction by any other name? The impact of music on social exclusion recovery, Sydney G. Wicks
Classic Maya Subadult Age Estimates from Ambergris Caye, Belize, Nikki Anne Wicox
Gold Nanomolecules: Nanomolecular Metallurgy, Crystal Structures, and Stability, Kalpani Eshangi Hirunika Wijesinghe
Oh Men of Justice! Petitioning in Protectorate Bahrain 1919-1939, Ashleen Williams
Mechanisms and Consequences of Competition between Microstegium vimineum and Native Plants and Their Relevance to Invasion Theory and Oak Woodland Restoration, Griffin L. Williams
This Land is Our Land: The Erasure and Reclamation of Black Land Ownership in the U.S. South, Jasmine A. Williams
Increasing Primary Care Physicians Through Rural Medicine Curriculum, Margaret Pickering Wilson
High-Resolution Hybrid Printing of 3D Electronics, Nusrat Yasmin
Lipid Based Ophthalmic Nanoformulations for Ciprofloxacin, Moxifloxacin, and Cannabidiol, Ahmed Adel Ali Youssef
A Discrete Conley-Zehnder Index for Symplectic Polytopes, Yutian Yu
Bounds for Symplectic Capacities of Rotated 4-Polytopes, Matthew Palmer Zediker
“To Save My Own Life:” The Revisionary and Sustaining Practice of Autotheory, Margaret Zee
Theses/Dissertations from 2022
A History of Freed Slaves' Homes in Northern Nigeria, 1900-1926, Ajibola A. Abdulrahman
"Agitate, Agitate, Agitate": Stories from Mississippi Valley, Parchman, and the Largest Mass Arrest of Students in U.S. History, Katherine Aberle
No Peace in the Valley: A Documentary Film on the 1970 Protests at Mississippi Valley State College and the Largest Mass Arrest of Students in U.S. History, Katherine Aberle
Teaching in a Remediation Nation: Exploring Journalism and Mass Communication Faculty Perceptions of their Professional Practice, Andrew Mark Abernathy
The Few Among the Many: Women's labour in British Guiana Prisons, 1838-1917, Estherine Gwendoline Adams
Biopolymer Unfolding as a Process of Biased Activated Barrier Crossing, Sudeep Adhikari
INCLUSIVE MUSIC TEACHER PREPARATION IN THE PRESBYTERIAN COLLEGE OF EDUCATION AT AKROPONG-AKUAPEM, GHANA, Samuel Agbenyo
The N-Terminal Domains of Voltage Dependent Anion Channels as Novel Members of the BCL-2 Family: Their Roles and Interactions with the BH3 Domain of the BCL-2 Family Members, Clement Nana Agyemang
Cosmology of Wanderers, Hussain Ahmed
Continuance Intention of Using Online Food Delivery Applications: Customers with Food Allergies, Jeongyeon Ahn
Genomic Analysis and Metabolic Potential of Myxobacteria, Hanna Albataineh
Chasing the Light, Nadia Alexis
An Exploration of Interdisciplinary Graduate Education and Training: Currently Available Information, Perspectives, and Beliefs, David D. Allen III
Synthesis and Charecterisation of Methylene Blue Derivatives, Rohit Alluri
LATE-STAGE DIVERSIFICATION OF SELECT NATURAL PRODUCTS – NEW CHEMICAL ENTITIES WITH IMPROVED BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITIES, Moneerah J. Alqahtani
Synthetic Studies on Valuable Fluorinated Building Blocks, Maali Alshammari
FORMULATION DEVELOPMENT OF FAMOTIDINE FLOATING TABLETS USING HOT-MELT EXTRUSION COUPLED WITH 3D PRINTING TECHNIQUE., Esraa Al Shawakri
Development and Characterization of Different Dosage Forms Utilizing Hot-Melt Extrusion Technique, Abdulmajeed Althobaiti
Preparation and Characterization of 3D Printed Bioadhesive Delivery Systems, Mohammed Yahya Alyahya
An Investigation into the Feasibility of Coupling Hot-Melt Extrusion Technology with Fused Deposition Modeling 3D Printing in Different Pharmaceutical Dosage Forms, Abdullah Ahmed Alzahrani
Perceived Value of a VR (Virtual Reality) Tourism Experience: A Scale Development, Fernando Arroyo Lopez
The Ties that Bind: Creole Networks and Reform in New Granada during the Age of Revolution, 1780-1811, Philip John Baltuskonis
A Comparison of Student Academic Policies across University of Mississippi Medical Center (UMMC), Farrah Banks
Measuring Impact of New Teacher Mentoring Programs Through Teacher Sense of Efficacy Scale, Ezzard Beane
DOES THE CONTRACTION HISTORY OF THE MUSCLE DICTATE CHANGES IN STRENGTH FOLLOWING RESISTANCE TRAINING?, Zachary William Bell
Transforming Place: The Socio-Environmental Afterlives of Tellico, Cheyenne Bennett
Visitation, Ellie Black
Domestic Lives of the Worthless and Insignificant: Land and Labor in Eighteenth-Century British Literature, Mellissa Black
The Effects of a Blended Learning Environment on Students' Discourse in a Secondary Mathematics Classroom, Brandi Blake
PROGRAM EVALUATION OF MUSIC TEACHER EDUCATION IN GHANA: IMPLICATIONS FOR PRACTICE, POLICY, AND RESEARCH, George Blankson
IMPLICATIONS OF GENDER DYSPHORIA ON GENDER SCHEMA AND SOCIAL COGNITIVE THEORIES OF GENDER DEVELOPMENT, Beau Bourgeois
Linguistic Expressions of Pidgin in Nigerian Stand-up Comedy, Jimoh Junior Braimoh
Evaluating the Effects of Thermal Cycling on Bone (Cold-Blooded vs Warm-Blooded), Parker Reed Brewster
GOOD LOVE IS BLACK: STORIES ON BLACK QUEER LIVING IN THE AMERICAN SOUTH, Danielle Buckingham
She Owns It: A Study of White Women Landowners, Hannah Bullock
Experiences of Black professionals at Predominantly White Institutions: Toward a shared understanding, Nequel Renee' Burwell
New Applications of Hot Melt Extrusion Techniques for Advancing Oral Drug Delivery, ARUN BUTREDDY
Down the Stream: The Evolution of Queer Stream-of-Consciousness Novels Through the Works of Virginia Woolf and Ali Smith, Turner Nat Byrd
Exploration of New Physics in B to Dstar muon neutrino Using a New Monte Carlo Tool, Quinn Campagna
Seeing Queer Joy in Mississippi: Pride Parades in Tupelo, Starkville, and Oxford, Ellie Campbell
Bridging the Oppurtunity Gap Through Exploring the Perceptions of Disadvantaged African American Students, Anesha Lashal Carter
Expressions of Femininity, Black Feminism, and Pan-Africanist Rhetoric in Black Popular Music, Alonya Lei Castillo
The Self Compassionate Side of Awe: The Relationship between Awe and Self-Compassion via Self-Diminishment and Connectedness, Rachael Marie Cavallaro
Chemical Imaging of Latent Fingerprints using FTIR Microspectroscopy, Reba E.A. Chamblee
Development of Hydroxyl Radical Protein Footprinting for Challenging Systems, Zhi Cheng
Low-Velocity Impact, Vibration and Shock Response of Unstitched/Stitched E- And S- Glass/Vinyl Ester Composites, Shahriar Chowdhury
Using Quantum Fluctuations to Regularize an Analytic Continuation Problem from Many-Body Physics, Lucretius Coleman
Social Distance, Stigma, and Help-Seeking: A Comparison of Lay and Professional Conceptualizations of Autism in the Southern US, Christian Shannon Courson
The Role of Technology: Graduate Students' Experiences in an Ed.D. Program, Veronica C. Crawford
Critical Thinking Teaching Practices in Community College, Andrea Jordan Crowley